About

Background

In a region that stretches across 500,000 hectares, only 28% per cent of Auckland’s original native vegetation cover remains. Engaging and supporting Aucklanders in conservation is critical if we want our region's nature and people to thrive.

Many Aucklanders are involved in actively protecting and restoring nature in our largest city.  Feedback from community conservation groups highlighted the need for easier access to digital tools, resources, data and services, to better enable and empower community’s work.

When and how

Launched in August 2020, Tiaki Tāmaki Makaurau | Conservation Auckland is supported by the Environmental Services department who work in partnership with mana whenua and closely with internal and external stakeholders and Aucklanders, towards a healthy, flourishing, sustainable environment.

The website is supported by the Natural Environment Targeted Rate contribution from the rate payers of the Auckland Region.

When we all work together we can expand conservation across Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland to ensure both our region’s natural environment thrives, along with everyone that call this place home.

In partnership with mana whenua

As local government, Auckland Council has Te Tiriti o Waitangi and legislative responsibilities to Māori.

The website is a partnership project with mana whenua:

• contributing to Auckland Council's commitment to deliver Māori aspirations
• to help nurture the growing understanding and respect for our Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners, shown by those involved in conservation efforts across the region
• supporting them, council and community to work alongside each other, towards a thriving environment.

Purpose

The website acts as a 'portal' to a wealth of conservation information. It's purpose is to support conservation activity by providing one place for people to:

Learn – there are almost 500 resources on the site including:

• background on the need for conservation action in Aotearoa / New Zealand and mana whenua perspectives on te taiao/the natural environment in the Understanding conservation section
• how-to guides for conservation through to more detailed information in the resource library
• best practice advice for conservation activities
• an interactive map showing spatial data, for example Auckland Council and local board boundaries, ecological districts, schools, kauri management areas and much more
• information for school teachers in the Conservation education section
• how council can help you - see the Auckland Council and conservation section

Connect with:

• the right people in council through our Contact us button at the bottom of each webpage
• mana whenua using the How to engage and the Know your iwi sections.
• community conservation groups and related organisations in the Auckland Conservation Directory
• local schools - select the schools layer in the legend of the conservation map activities, events and other opportunities
• like-minded Aucklanders through our Find an event or opportunity near you section

Who the website is for

This website aims to support a broad audience: mana whenua, mataawaka*, landowners, residents, community conservation groups, volunteers, adult students, school teachers and businesses.

*mataawaka are Māori who live in Auckland and are not in a mana whenua group.

Our collaborators

Tiaki Tāmaki Makaurau | Conservation Auckland is a website that pulls together conservation knowledge into one central digital portal. We acknowledge our collaborators (whose logos appear in the footer of the site) for the knowledge they provide on their own websites, that we link users to.

Your feedback is welcome

To let us know what you think, you can:

• use our Contact us form to provide feedback, along with your contact details
• use the yes/no feedback feature on each webpage. This option suits brief feedback where you don't need to be contacted.